The Political Junkie offers an outside-looking- in view of the US. Each day, we will highlight news and opinion pieces from around the world that are focused on US politics and policy. Agree or disagree with the opinions you will read but take a few minutes to see yourselves as others see you.

The results are a sign that affection for Barack Obama
has diminished little since his 2008 speech in Berlin in which he
promised to restore America's reputation on the world stage, even
though, four years on, Guantánamo remains open and the US is still
engaged in military action in Afghanistan.

But while Europeans had
a strongly negative reaction to Romney, the prospect of him winning the
White House was greeted with less dismay in Pakistan, where about 13%
of respondents said it would make them more favourable to the US,
compared to just 9% who said it would make them less favourable.